Search and Rescue Dogs- Training the K-9 Hero book by American Rescue Dog Association
First published in 1991 to critical acclaim, this newly expanded and revised edition of Search and Rescue Dogs: Training the K-9 Hero, contains original, updated content. Chapters describe cutting-edge training techniques used for wilderness, disaster, cadaver dogs, and water searches, and by state and federal disaster organizations such as FEMA.
Search and Rescue Dogs: Training the K-9 Hero, 2nd Edition provides:
- Clear, step-by-step lessons on training your dog for a variety of search and rescue operations
- Ways to keep your dog and yourself safe in the face of disaster
- Practical information on procedures and equipment for dogs, handlers, and human volunteers
- The ultimate experience of the interdependence of Human and Dog
Extensive photographs illustrate real-life missions, including images of Ground Zero and the Pentagon taken by ARDA volunteers after September 11, 2001.
Contents:
- Forming the American Rescue Dog Association
- Before You Begin
- Selecting the Air-Scenting Search Dog
- Basic Training, Obedience and Agility
- Beginning Search Work
- Advanced Search Training
- Handler Standards and Equipment
- The Search Dog Unit
- Unit Training
- Responding to a Search
- Conducting a Search
- Special Applications
- Avalanche Training
- Cadaver Training
- Disaster Training
- Disaster Missions
- First-Aid for Search Dogs
- ARDA Searches
- Appendix: Lost Person Behavior
Search and Rescue Dogs: Training the K-9 Hero, American Rescue Dog Association, 275 pages, 2002.
